The figure below is
A) a modern scientist's drawing of a sperm.
B) a diagram of a human fetus.
C) a seventeenth-century depiction of a human sperm.
D) a drawing of a frog sperm.
E) a rendering of what early scientists saw when they looked at donkey sperm under the microscope.

Question

The figure below is 
A) a modern scientist's drawing of a sperm. 
B) a diagram of a human fetus. 
C) a seventeenth-century depiction of a human sperm. 
D) a drawing of a frog sperm. 
E) a rendering of what early scientists saw when they looked at donkey sperm under the microscope.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The figure with the given code is commonly known as the "spermatozoan of a human male," which was first observed under a microscope by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century. Thus, the figure represents a seventeenth-century depiction of a human sperm.

The Figure Below Is